Cedar Hill, NM
Cedar Hill wildfire risk explained
Cedar Hill sits at the 74th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 959 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cedar Hill at the 72nd percentile, close to its 74th-percentile risk score.
Cedar Hill's building exposure, zone by zone
100% of Cedar Hill's 959 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 959 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Cedar Hill against the rest of the country
Cedar Hill's 74th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 46th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cedar Hill ranks 8,069 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,233 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 267 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Cedar Hill and the insurance market
At the 74th percentile nationally, Cedar Hill carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Cedar Hill's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Cedar Hill's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cedar Hill's 8,069-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cedar Hill's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.